Weather: -15, dark (blizzard warning for later tonight) What I’m listening to: The Christmas Box, Paul Cardall The day after Thanksgiving, I wanted to make a brothy, soul-warming soup with the turkey leftovers, but I didn’t want to spend much time in the...

Weather: while the the Lower 48 has been unseasonably cold, our snow has been melting into a mess of ice and slush What I’m listening to: Let It Go, from the Frozen motion picture soundtrack For the past few Christmases, we have put up our tree the day after...

Weather: 27 degrees, cloudy What I’m listening to: Love Came Down at Christmas, High Street Hymns Remember when we were kids and the holidays were the longest, most agonizing wait? When the excitement and anticipation of Christmas morning was enough to make you...